<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Another worthy cause...<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 3/9/10, Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake <i><firedoglakeaction@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake <firedoglakeaction@gmail.com><br>Subject: The clock is ticking...<br>To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13@yahoo.com><br>Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 12:13 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1214395732"><table border="0" width="600" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td height="115" valign="bottom"><img src="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/-/FDLemail_header2.gif" border="0" alt="FDL Action"></td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" align="left"><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="220"
style="margin-left:10px;float:right;margin-bottom:5px;border-width:1px;border-color:grey;border-style:solid;" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="mceVisualAid"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:10px;" class="mceVisualAid"><p style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;text-align:center;"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">Tell the Senate to pass<br>direct student lending<br>before it's too late.</font></p><p style="font-size:10px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;"><font style="" size="2"><a rel="nofollow" title="Click here to sign the petition" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65556/2893357633/VEsH/">Click here to sign the petition</a></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">Hi
Jenifer,</font></font><p><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">Today, FDL launches its <b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65557/2893357633/VEsE/">Students Not Banks</a></b> campaign, with a petition calling on Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and members of Congress to pass student loan reform quickly through reconciliation.</font></font></p><p><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">President Obama's plan to transition to direct student lending would save $87 billion dollars over 10 years -- money that could go directly to colleges across the country that are slashing programs and hiking fees in the wake of state budget crises.</font></font></p><p><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial,
helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">But lobbyists for big student lenders like Sallie Mae, JP Morgan, BofA and Citigroup have been working overtime to preserve their fat profits. They're picking off one Senator after another. Fortunately, President Obama encouraged Harry Reid to include student loan reform in reconciliation, so they only needs 50 votes to pass it in the Senate. </font></font></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Both health care and student loan reform are in the reconciliation bill, but they are separate and not linked. If the Senators try to "fix" health care and don't pass student loan reform at the same time, Senate rules require that it will be another year until student loan reform can be taken up again. </font></span></p><p><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">Colleges and students simply can't wait that long.</font></font></p><p><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span"><b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65556/2893357633/VEsF/">Sign our petition to the Senate: Higher Education needs your help. Pass direct student lending now.</a></b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65556/2893357633/VEsC/"></a></font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65556/2893357633/VEsD/"></a></font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65556/2893357633/VEsA/"></a></p><a rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65556/2893357633/VEsB/"></a><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65556/2893357633/VEsO/"><b><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">http://action.firedoglake.com/studentloans</font></font></b></a></p><p><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">Students across the country are protesting rising tuition costs and unmanagable loan debt. On March 4, students demonstrated in 30 states across the country -- on 100 campuses in California alone.</font></font></p><p><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">Meanwhile, Jamie Dimon, CEO
of JP Morgan took home $17 million last year. Al Lord, the CEO of the biggest student lender Sallie Mae, managed to make such a killing from student loans that he built a $30 million golf course in his back yard.</font></font></p><p><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">The banks get just about everything they want from Congress these days and it's time to draw a line and say "no more": Wall Street banks can't carve out profits for themselves at the expense of the colleges and the students that represent the nation's future. </font></font></p><p><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span"><b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65556/2893357633/VEsP/">The Senate should pass direct student lending
immediately. Click here to side with students: no more bail outs for banks.</a></b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65556/2893357633/VEsHBQ/"></a></font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65554/2893357633/VEsHBA/"></a></font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65556/2893357633/VEsHBw/"></a></p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65554/2893357633/VEsHBg/"></a><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d699/459065a2/63634da6/3dc65556/2893357633/VEsHAQ/"><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span"><b>Sign the petition:
http://action.firedoglake.com/studentloans</b></font></font></a></p><p><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">This is an important issue, and the clock is ticking. You'll hear more from us soon. Thanks for all you do.</font></font></p><p><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">Best,</font></font></p><p><font style="" class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:small;" class="Apple-style-span">Jane Hamsher</font></font></p><font><font><br></font></font></td></tr></tbody></table>
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